Chapter 20

Ravens POV

I was asked by my daughter the other day a very thought provoking yet simple question, "Mom? What is love?"

Of course I was very taken aback. I would have guessed a question like this would have come from her as a teenager, but from a 10 year old? But this was Sophia. And Sophia asks very strange questions and posses a lot of intelligence. She also become a fantastic sorceress. So when you give her answer, it has to be detailed, and it has to be an answer that matches her intelligence. That's why she asks me the questions not Garfield.

"Well that's a question for you to answer on your own. Love is defined on how you perceive it. Why the sudden interest?" I answer her.

"I was watching TV and watched a little bit of a movie. Their love didn't seem to be the same as your's and Daddy's." She still seemed very confused.

"Well of course. Movies seem to depict love unrealistically most of the times." I answer.

So she nods and sips her tea.

But the question sparked some curiosity in me. "What is love?"

After long hours of meditation and thought on the matter, I've come up with an answer. Love is extremely complicated, yet it is the most wonderful feeling. You're stomach flips, your chest aches, you body shivers, and you can barely breath. That sounds terrible but I swear to you, when you look into the eyes of the one you love, it is amazing.

I remember many times when I've questioned my love for Garfield. After I confessed my love for him I was unsure. I was in such a panic because of it. How could I? Why did I? I questioned it when he was being complete ass or when we had our huge fights. Or the first time we broke up...and the second time haha. I thought, "how could someone be so infuriating?!?" But every time I'd look at him, and he'd look at me with that stupid goofy grin, I'd know that I loved him more than anything in the whole world.

The best is just being with him. It didn't matter if we were just sitting around all day watching tv and eating, or going out on his infamous extravagant dates that he would spoil me on every month or two. It was always the best time. My favorite were the more simple things that he would do. He would remember little things like the new book I wanted and would get it or take me to a new coffee shop that I HAD to go to. He would take me out to do little things like have a picnic or to the book store. Or how when I was pregnant, every time we talked to someone(even the grocery store cashier) he wrap an arm around me or on my stomach and would say,"I'm going to be a dad," with the big stupid grin.

Even with all the fights, all the break ups, and all the times he's made me want to kill him, it was all worth it. I immediately came to this conclusion on our wedding day. My hair was curled, and it fell onto my shoulders in the most perfect way. The dress dropped at the waist and was decorated in flowered white lace, with a matching long veil. My makeup was simple, and I only wore the necklace Garfield gave me on our five year anniversary.

As I walked down the isle, lavender flowers gripped in my hands, he looked at me in a way I'd seen him look at me many times, but it was different. Maybe it was the string quartet or the beauty of the old church, or maybe it was knowing we were going to be together forever. Whatever it was, it made me believe in us, in him, and in our future. I've loved him more than ever, since that very moment.

I've found my one true love. He is my everything and he motivates me to be exactly who I am. He's given me everything. He's given me his love, he's given me happiness, confidence, security, and the best of all, he's given me our children. Our children are our greatest creation and have now become our life. They are our everything. And we now all live together with five beautiful little boys and girls.

I now hope that you find your Garfield. I want you to wake up next to him or her, and feel the way I do everyday. I want you to be loved.

Once you find that person, you'll then know what love is.

-------------------------------------------------------There you guys go! I know it took forever and I'm sorry but I hope you all liked the book! I'll be working on my new one soon but it won't be a fan fiction.

~Love you lots 😜✌️